[00:01.99]Yeah' yeah' yeah yeah' Nas' uh' yo' yo
[00:10.67]Life' they wonder' can they take me under?
[00:16.18]Nah' never that' nah' yo' yo
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[00:19.22]I come from the housin tenement buildings
[00:21.39]Unlimited killings' menaces marked for death
[00:23.58]Better known as the projects where junkies and rock heads dwell
[00:26.65]Though I owe to it my success
[00:28.57]With survival of the fittest' everyday is a chal'
[00:30.86]I would think I'm a part of U.S.A. and be proud
[00:33.30]Confronted with racism' started to feel foreign
[00:35.76]Like' the darker you are the realer your problems
[00:38.40]I reached for the stars but I just kept slippin
[00:40.79]On this life mission' never know what's next
[00:43.17]Ancient kings from Egypt' up to Julius Caeser
[00:45.57]Had a piece of the globe' every continent
[00:47.92]Yo' there's Asia' Africa' Europe' France' Japan
[00:50.53]Pakistan' America' Afghanstan
[00:52.86]Yo' there's Protestants' Jews' Blacks' Arabics
[00:55.37]Call a truce' world peace' stop actin like savages
[00:57.83]No war' we should take time and think
[00:59.99]The bombs and tanks makes mankind extinct
[01:02.37]But since the beginning of time it's been men with arms fightin
[01:05.43]Lost lives in the Towers and Pentagon' why then?
[01:07.86]Must it go on' we must stop the killin
[01:10.20]Tell me why we die' we all God's children
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[01:13.44]All this hate can't last forever （uh' c'mon）
[01:17.52]It's time that we stand together （yeah' for the world）
[01:21.97]Everybody wants to rule the world （what' what' what' what' what' c'mon）
[01:26.89]World （peace）' world （peace）' world （peace）' world
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[01:36.81]Yo' there's brothers on the block' posted up like they own it
[01:39.06]That's they corner' from New York to California
[01:41.72]Got blocks locked down
[01:43.32]Like' "dog you safe whenever you with me' see this is my town"
[01:46.26]So the youngsters' grows in ghettos' goes to prison
[01:48.77]At an early age' already know it's against him
[01:51.20]So in order for him to survive' one day he must
[01:53.89]Open up his eyes to the set backs and rise
[01:55.91]'Cause' everybody wants a shot' in this land of opportunity
[01:59.02]Look at what this country's got
[02:00.58]There shouldn't be nobody homeless
[02:02.56]How can the president fix other problems when he ain't fixed home yet
[02:05.14]The earth wasn't made for one man to rule alone
[02:08.13]To all colors increases' to home it belongs
[02:10.47]I want land' mansions' banks and gold
[02:12.86]The diamonds in Africa' oil in my control
[02:15.17]The world's natural resources' all its residuals
[02:18.00]But then comes foes' I have to gaurd it with missels
[02:20.30]And I become the most wanted
[02:21.86]But is it worth hearin a million people problems and followed by Secret Service
[02:25.14]I guess' attempts at my life with loaded barrels
[02:27.46]So move over Colin Powell or just throw in the towel' yo
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[02:30.03]All this hate can't last forever （uh' c'mon）
[02:34.93]It's time that we stand together （yeah' for the world）
[02:39.90]Everybody wants to rule the world （what' what' what' what' what' c'mon）
[02:45.14]World （peace）' world （peace）' world （peace）' world
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[02:54.06]Y'all know that's my style' to hit you at the right time
[02:56.90]No other compares to what Nas write down
[02:59.02]Tell you my dreams' show you my pain is yours
[03:01.30]You could get what you love' be a chain in cause
[03:02.69]You alive right now
[03:04.60]There's so many that's dead or locked up inside the beast' I'm a hot light now
[03:08.56]It's whatever man think of manifest to the real
[03:11.00]The plan is to wake up 'cause time reveals
[03:13.50]All this hate can't forever last
[03:15.38]All my ghetto heroes in Heaven' it's like you right here and never passed
[03:18.45]You just transcend' I know I'm gon' see you again
[03:21.19]Hopin I reach the world leaders and win
[03:23.12]Ain't nothin without struggle' listen up' it's critical
[03:25.90]We used to fear arms' now the weapons are chemical
[03:28.31]In Hip-Hop' the weapons are lyrical
[03:29.98]To be the best you challenge the best' then the blessings are spiritual
[03:33.07]Top of the world for the kid and unless
[03:35.28]Poppin any rapper's head off his shoulders no contest
[03:37.77]I know the Most High hear me' so fly you can't near me
[03:40.91]You scared of a mirror' my theory is that - knowledge is power
[03:44.14]To every projects and every street corner' we gotta get ours now
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[03:47.62]All this hate can't last forever
[03:52.54]It's time that we stand together
[03:57.81]Everybody wants to rule the world
[04:03.23]World
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[04:06.56]Yo' niggas ain't forget shit' know what I'm sayin?
[04:09.99]Niggas ain't forget nothin
[04:10.60]Men' women and children killed by the police and shit
[04:13.22]Niggas ain't gon' forget that' you know what I mean?
[04:15.50]Yo' what this war just show me is like' whatever you want out of life
[04:18.40]Whatever you feel is rightfully yours' go out and take it
[04:21.06]Even if that means blood and death
[04:24.26]You know' that's what I was raised up on' that's what this country's about
[04:26.98]This is what my country is' and my country's a muthafucka
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